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General George de Symons ‎Barrow (1864-1959) did not take part in the second Boer ‎War[edit]

See his autobiography, The Fire of Life (Hutchinson and Co, ‎‎1942), ‎p. 55:

‎" – – – The Boer War was in progress at this time. Contingents and ‎many ‎officers had gone to it from India and I was chafing to be there ‎too. Lord ‎Roberts on taking up the command had wired to India asking ‎for a ‎certain number of officers, whom he mentioned by name, to be ‎sent out ‎to him. I was on the list to command his bodyguard, a fact I ‎learned only ‎some time later. By the time his list was received in India ‎Lord Curzon ‎had decided he could not spare any more officers from ‎India. Lord ‎Roberts' request was refused and the knowledge that it had ‎been made ‎concealed from the officers concerned. Suddenly, in June, ‎the Boxer ‎rising in China blazed out - - - Here was a chance to ‎recompense for the ‎failure to get to South Africa."‎

Drz (talk) 11:17, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]